Program Assessment

Learning Outcomes

Expected competencies for LRES Undergraduate majors include a diverse set of discipline-specific and interdisciplinary knowledge, skills, and abilities to include:

• An understanding of core theoretical principles and applications in evolutionary, ecological and physical environmental sciences.
• Ability to access, read, and critically assess the quality and source of environmental information.
• Knowledge of the theory and practice of data analysis in environmental sciences, including statistical analysis, model building, and graphical presentation of data.
• The ability to effectively write and present scientific material.
• An understanding of the ethical implications of conducting and applying environmental science.

For Graduate Students:

Degree Objectives: LRES degrees provide students with a strong background of basic science courses coupled with tools needed to apply this knowledge to land resource management questions.

Expected Competencies for LRES majors include a diverse set of discipline-specific and interdisciplinary knowledge, skills, and abilities to include:

• Demonstrate oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrate problem solving skills, including critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, analytical synthesis, and decision making; information gathering skills including finding appropriate information sources (e.g., soil maps, vegetation surveys, research articles, etc.).
• Demonstrating the ability to read and summarize research papers;
• Demonstrate data management and quantitative skills such as working with spreadsheets, calculating basic statistics, organizing data layers, and applying data to equations.